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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2011, 10:22 AM EST for 10 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2011, 10:22 AM EST (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2011, 7:47 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alpena County, MI, Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
085 WWUS73 KAPX 011522 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1022 AM EST TUE MAR 1 2011 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE DARTING ACROSS ONTARIO TODAY WILL RESULT IN VERY GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TRAVERSE CITY NORTHWARD...INTO MACKINAC COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY OF EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. MIZ008-015>026-012330- /O.NEW.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.110301T1522Z-110302T0100Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX- LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE... PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY 1022 AM EST TUE MAR 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * SMALLER BRANCHES MAY BREAK FROM TREES...AND LOOSE OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN MORE EXPOSED AREAS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SMD
2 follow-up statements
610 WWUS73 KAPX 012026 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 326 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2011 ...VERY GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE DARTING ACROSS ONTARIO WILL RESULT IN VERY GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN FROM TRAVERSE CITY NORTHWARD...INTO MACKINAC COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY OF EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. MIZ008-015>026-020100- /O.CON.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110302T0100Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX- LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE... PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY 326 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. IMPACTS... * SMALLER BRANCHES MAY BREAK FROM TREES...AND LOOSE OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IN MORE EXPOSED AREAS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
294 WWUS73 KAPX 020047 NPWAPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 747 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2011 MIZ008-015>026-020200- /O.CAN.KAPX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110302T0100Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX- LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE...ST. IGNACE... PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY 747 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINES. HOWEVER...GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ ADAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 10:22 AM EST | Gale Warning | APX | 18 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.